Adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) delayed below dams rapidly deplete energy stores
Sarah R. Rubenstein, Erin Peterson, Paul Christman, Joseph D. Zydlewski
2022, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (80) 170-182
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) return to rivers in spring for an energetically costly upstream migration for spawning. These fish are often delayed in the lower river below dams, subjecting them to warmer waters than occur in upstream sections of river, that may increase metabolic costs. We sought to quantify the...
Water quality of sand and gravel aquifers in McHenry County, Illinois, 2020 and comparisons to conditions in 2010
Amy M. Gahala, Lance R. Gruhn, Jennifer C. Murphy, Lisa A. Matson
2022, Scientific Investigations Report 2022-5110
McHenry County, Illinois, obtains most of its drinking water from shallow sand and gravel aquifers (groundwater). To evaluate this groundwater resource, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with McHenry County, Illinois, collected water-quality samples from 41 of 42 monitoring wells in the McHenry County Groundwater Monitoring Network and 4 monitoring...
Physical controls on the hydrology of perennially ice-covered lakes, Taylor Valley, Antarctica (1996-2013)
Julian Cross, Andrew Fountain, Matthew Hoffman, Maciej K. Obryk
2022, JGR Earth Surface (127)
The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, are a polar desert populated with numerous closed-watershed, perennially ice-covered lakes primarily fed by glacial melt. Lake levels have varied by as much as 8 m since 1972 and are currently rising after a decade of decreasing. Precipitation falls as snow, so...
Nonlethal tools to identify mass ovarian follicular atresia in Burbot
Lauren M. McGarvey, Jason E. Ilgen, Christopher S. Guy, Jason G. McLellan, Molly A. H. Webb
2022, Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management (13) 552-561
Skipped spawning, or variation in spawning periodicity, occurs in many annual spawning fish species and is an important consideration for population management. We assessed plasma sex steroid concentrations and measured gonad size and ovarian follicle diameter as metrics to nonlethally identify mass ovarian...
Optimizing Landsat Next shortwave infrared bands for crop residue characterization
Brian T. Lamb, Phillip Dennison, W. Dean Hively, Raymond F. Kokaly, Guy Serbin, Zhuoting Wu, Philip W. Dabney, Jeffery G. Masek, Michael Campbell, Craig S. T. Daughtry
2022, Remote Sensing (14)
This study focused on optimizing the placement of shortwave infrared (SWIR) bands for pixel-level estimation of fractional crop residue cover (fR) for the upcoming Landsat Next mission. We applied an iterative wavelength shift approach to a database of crop residue field spectra collected in Beltsville, Maryland, USA (n =...
Verification of multiple phosphorus analyzers for use in surface-water applications
Colin S. Peake
2022, Open-File Report 2022-1100
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) completed a verification study of selected commercially available phosphorus analyzers for their applicability to scientific surface-water applications. In this study, the analyzers were the Hach EZ7800 TOPHO, Hach Phosphax sc, Sea-Bird Scientific HydroCycle-PO4, and the YSI Inc. Alyza IQ PO4. Verification tests included laboratory trials...
Summary of extreme water-quality conditions in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, 2005–19
Susan A. Wherry
2022, Open-File Report 2022-1080
This study used the complete set of continuous water-quality (WQ) data and discrete measurements of total ammonia collected by the U.S. Geological Survey from 2005 to 2019 at the four core sites in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, to examine relations between variables and extreme conditions that may be harmful...
GPS data from 2019 and 2020 campaigns in the Chesapeake Bay region towards quantifying vertical land motions
Gabrielle Troia, Sarah Stamps, R. Russell Lotspeich, James M. Duda, Kurt J. McCoy, William Moore, Philippe Hensel, Ryan Hippenstiel, Thomas McKenna, David C. Andreasen, Charles Geoghegan, Thomas P Ulizo, Madeline Kronebusch, Joel A. Carr, David Walters, Neil Winn
2022, Scientific Data (9)
The Chesapeake Bay is a region along the eastern coast of the United States where sea-level rise is confounded with poorly resolved rates of land subsidence, thus new constraints on vertical land motions (VLM) in the region are warranted. In this paper, we provide a description of two campaign-style Global...
Analog field-scale acoustic study of volcanic eruption directivity using a tiltable liquid nitrogen-charged water cannon
A.D. Jolly, Benjamin Kennedy, Robin S. Matoza, Alexandra M. Iezzi, Bruce W. Christensen, Richard Johnson, Amilea Sork, David Fee
2022, Earth, Planets and Space (74)
Laterally directed explosive eruptions are responsible for multiple fatalities over the past decade and are an increasingly important volcanology problem. To understand the energy dynamics for these events, we collected field-scale explosion data from nine acoustic sensors surrounding a tiltable cannon as part of an exploratory experimental design. For each...
Wetland ecosystem health and biodiversity
Laurie C. Alexander, Whitney S. Beck, James N. Carleton, Christopher M. Clark, Henriette I. Jager, Andrew James, Ken Kriese, Leigh C. Moorhead, David M. Mushet
2022, Report, Third Triennial Report to Congress on Biofuels
• Cropland expansion from 2008 to 2016 was mostly from losses of grassland (88%), with 3% losses from wetlands (a total of nearly 275,000 acres of wetlands, concentrated in the Prairie Pothole Region). Given the lack of national or regional datasets to track changes in RFS acreage, the extent of...
Appendix 7: Application of joint dynamic species distribution models to at-sea survey data for seabirds in the Bering Strait and Chukchi Sea
Mayumi L. Arimitsu, Kathy Kuletz
2022, Report, Marine bird distribution and abundance in offshore waters
Mitigating risk to migratory birds from energy development requires information on the distribution and abundance of seabirds in offshore waters. Seabirds are highly mobile, with species-specific seasonal migrations that result in variable patterns of distribution in space and time. In remote offshore marine areas, obtaining useful and current information on...
Assessment of carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery and associated carbon dioxide retention resources of the United States
Peter D. Warwick, Emil Attanasi, Madalyn S. Blondes, Sean T. Brennan, Marc L. Buursink, Steven M. Cahan, Colin A. Doolan, Philip A. Freeman, C. Ozgen Karacan, Celeste D. Lohr, Matthew D. Merrill, Ricardo A. Olea, Jenna L. Shelton, Ernie R. Slucher, Brian A. Varela
2022, Conference Paper
In 2020, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) completed a probabilistic assessment of the volume of technically recoverable oil resources that could be produced using current carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) technologies in amenable conventional oil reservoirs underlying onshore and State-owned offshore waters (herein after, onshore and State waters areas)...
Stormwater reduction and water budget for a rain garden on sandy soil, Gary, Indiana, 2016–18
David C. Lampe, E. Randall Bayless, Danielle D. Follette
2022, Scientific Investigations Report 2022-5101
Stormwater reduction measures, or green infrastructure, were implemented in the parking area at Gary City Hall, Gary, Indiana, with the intention of reducing stormwater discharge to the sewers. A study area, including a centrally located rain garden and the surrounding paved surfaces and green space, was instrumented during both a...
Landscape change, fire and erosion
Anne C. Tillery, Leslie D. McFadden, Craig Allen
2022, Report, Climate change in New Mexico over the next 50 years: Impacts on water resources (Bulletin 164)
New Mexico has a dynamic landscape, which will become even more so in response to climate change over the next 50 years, in part because of increasing incidence of wildfire. As the climate changes to warmer conditions, less rainfall will infiltrate into aquifers, leading to increased overland runoff....
PHREEQ-N-AMDTreat+REYs water-quality modeling tools to evaluate acid mine drainage treatment strategies for recovery of rare-earth elements
Charles A. Cravotta III
2022, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Acid Mine Drainage
The PHREEQ-N-AMDTreat+REYs water-quality modeling tools have the fundamental capability to simulate aqueous chemical reactions and predict the formation of metal-rich solids during the treatment of acid mine drainage (AMD). These new user-friendly, publicly available tools were expanded from the PHREEQ-N-AMDTreat tools to include the precipitation of rare-earth elements plus yttrium (REYs)...
Soils
Leslie D. McFadden, Anne C. Tillery, Craig Allen
2022, Report, Climate change in New Mexico over the next 50 years: Impacts on water resources (Bulletin 164)
Soils play a strong role in determining how New Mexico’s diverse landscapes will respond to climate change. Soil cover acts like a sponge, holding in water that falls as rain or snow. The presence of soil supports vegetation, and substantially reduces runoff and erosion. Soil enhances other processes such as...
Voluntary Guidance for States to Incorporate Climate Adaptation in State Wildlife Action Plans and Other Management Plans
Aimee Delach, Alison B Cariveau, Brian Hess, Bruce Stein, Caroline Jezierski, Diana Swan-Pinion, Jacob Blandford, Janet Alice Cushing, Jason Goldberg, Junko Hoshi, Karen Cozzetto, Kimberly E Szcodronski, Laurel James, Leona Svancara, Lindsey Thurman, Logan Benedict, Maggie Ernest Johnson, Mark Humpert, Molly S. Cross, Rebecca M. Quinones, Robert Newman, Roger Mangham, Ginny Seamster
2022, Report
The Voluntary Guidance for States to Incorporate Climate Adaptation into State Wildlife Actions Plans and other Management Plans aims to help state fish and wildlife agencies incorporate climate change adaptation for fish and wildlife and their habitats into State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAPs) and other natural resource management plans. This...
Determination and prediction of rare earth element eeochemical associations in acid mine drainage treatment wastes
B.C. Hedin, Charles A. Cravotta III, M.Y. Stuckman, C.L. Lopano, R.C. Capo, R.S. Hedin
2022, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage
Acid mine drainage (AMD) has been proposed by various researchers as a novel source of rare earth elements (REE), a group of elements that include critical metals for clean energy and modern technologies. REE tend to be sequestered in the Fe-Al-Mn-rich solids produced during the treatment of AMD. These solids...
Maintaining wetland ecosystem services in a changing climate
W. Carter Johnson, Glenn R. Guntenspergen
2022, Book chapter, Soil hydrology in a changing climate
A changing climate is causing challenges for soil and water management in many parts of the world. Current soil management practices need to be redesigned to effectively address present and future fluctuating climates. Soil Hydrology in a Changing Climate explores how soil management practices impact soil hydrological characteristics, and how we...
Osmoregulation and acid-base balance.
Stephen D. McCormick, Eric T. Schultz, Colin Brauner
2022, Book chapter, Methods for fish biology
Maintaining relatively constant levels of internal cellular ions is critical to the normal function of all animals. For many organisms this is achieved primarily by regulating the ion and acid-base composition of the blood within narrow limits. This understanding of the importance of “le milieu interior,” first espoused by Claude...
Modeling risk dynamics of contaminants of emerging concern in a temperate-region wastewater effluent-dominated stream
Hui Zhi, Danielle T. Webb, Jerald L Schnoor, Dana W. Kolpin, Rebecca D. Klaper, Luke Iwanowicz, Gregory H. LeFevre
2022, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology (8) 1408-1422
Wastewater effluent-dominated streams are becoming increasingly common worldwide, including in temperate regions, with potential impacts on ecological systems and drinking water sources. We recently quantified the occurrence/spatiotemporal dynamics of pharmaceutical mixtures in a representative temperate-region wastewater effluent-dominated stream (Muddy Creek, Iowa) under baseflow conditions and characterized relevant fate processes. Herein,...
Atmospheric circulation drivers of extreme high water level events at Foggy Island Bay, Alaska
Peter A. Bieniek, Li H. Erikson, Jeremy L. Kasper
2022, Atmosphere (13)
The northern coast of Alaska is experiencing significant climatic change enhancing hazards from reduced sea ice and increased coastal erosion. This same region is home to offshore oil/gas activities. Foggy Island Bay is one region along the Beaufort Sea coast with planned offshore oil/gas development that will need to account...
Effects of release techniques on parent-reared whooping cranes in the eastern migratory population
Hillary L. Thompson, M. Susanna Mann, Marianne Wellington, Kim H. Boardman, Glenn H. Olsen
2022, Proceedings of the North American Crane Workshop (15) 53-71
Reintroduction of an Eastern Migratory Population (EMP) of whooping cranes (Grus americana) in the United States by release of captive-reared individuals began in 2001. As of 2020, the EMP has approximately 21 breeding pairs and has had limited recruitment of wild-hatched individuals, thus captive-reared juveniles continue...
Connecting diverse disciplines to improve understanding of surface water-groundwater interactions
Sarah Ledford, Martin A. Briggs, Robin L. Glas, Margaret Zimmer
2022, Journal of Hydrology X (17)
Laura K. Lautz is a premier mentor, collaborator, and researcher at the intersection of natural hydrologic systems and humans. Her research has shifted the paradigm around measuring and understanding the impacts of surface water and groundwater interactions across spatial and temporal scales....
OpenET: Filling a critical data gap in water management for the western United States
Forrest Melton, Justin Huntington, Robyn Grimm, Jamie Herring, Maurice Hall, Dana Rollison, Tyler Erickson, Richard Allen, Martha Anderson, Joshua Fisher, Ayse Kilic, Gabriel B. Senay, J. M. Volk, Christopher Hain, Lee Johnson, Anderson Ruhoff, Philip Blankenau, Matthew Bromley, Will Carrara, Britta Daudert, Conor Doherty, Christian Dunkerly, MacKenzie Friedrichs, Alberto Guzman, Gregory Halverson, Jody Hansen, Jordan Harding, Yanghui Kang, David C. Ketchum, Blake Minor, Charles Morton, Samuel Ortega-Salazar, Thomas Ott, Mutlu Ozdogan, Peter Revelle, Mitch Schull, Carlos Wang, Yun Yang, Ray G. Anderson
2022, Journal of the American Water Resources Association (58) 971-994
The lack of consistent, accurate information on evapotranspiration (ET) and consumptive use of water by irrigated agriculture is one of the most important data gaps for water managers in the western United States (U.S.) and other arid agricultural regions globally. The ability to easily access information...
